Florida's 4th Congressional District elections, 2014
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The 4th Congressional District of Florida held an election for the U.S. House of Representatives on November 4, 2014.
Incumbent Ander Crenshaw (R) was first elected in 2000 and won election to his eighth term in 2014.
He survived a primary challenge from James Ryman Shoaf and faced Independent candidates Gary Koniz and Paula Moser-Bartlett and write-in Deborah Katz Pueschel in the general election. The 2014 election marked Koniz's third time challenging Crenshaw and Pueschel's fourth attempt.
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Primary: A primary election is an election in which registered voters select a candidate that they believe should be a political party's candidate for elected office to run in the general election. They are also used to choose convention delegates and party leaders. Primaries are state-level and local-level elections that take place prior to a general election. Florida utilizes a closed primary process, in which the selection of a party's candidates in an election is limited to registered party members.[4][5]
For information about which offices are nominated via primary election, see this article.
Voter registration: To vote in the primary, voters had to register by July 28, 2014. For the general election, the voter registration deadline was October 6, 2014.[6]
- See also: Florida elections, 2014
Incumbent: Heading into the election the incumbent was Ander Crenshaw (R), who was first elected in 2000.
Florida's 4th Congressional District is located in northern Florida and includes Baker and Nassau counties and portions of Duval and St. Johns County.[7]
Candidates
General election candidates
- Ander Crenshaw
No candidates filed to run
Gary Koniz- Paula Moser-Bartlett
- Deborah Katz Pueschel (Write-in)
August 26, 2014, primary results
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Election results
General election
| Party | Candidate | Vote % | Votes | |
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| Republican |  Ander Crenshaw Incumbent |
78.3% | 177,887 | |
| Independent | Paula Moser-Bartlett | 15.7% | 35,663 | |
| Independent | Gary Koniz | 6% | 13,690 | |
| Write-in | Deborah Katz Pueschel | 0% | 13 | |
| Total Votes | 227,253 | |||
| Source: Florida Division of Elections | ||||
Primary election
| Candidate | Vote % | Votes | ||
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Ander Crenshaw Incumbent |
70.9% | 38,613 | ||
| Ryman Shoaf | 29.1% | 15,817 | ||
| Total Votes | 54,430 | |||
| Source: Florida Division of Elections |
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Key votes
Below are important votes the incumbent cast during the 113th Congress.
Government affairs
HR 676
On July 30, 2014, the U.S. House approved a resolution 225 to 201 to sue President Barack Obama for exceeding his constitutional authority. Five Republicans—Thomas Massie of Kentucky, Paul Broun of Georgia, Scott Garrett of New Jersey, Walter Jones of North Carolina and Steve Stockman of Texas—voted with Democrats against the lawsuit.[10] Crenshaw joined the other 224 Republicans in favor of the lawsuit. All Democrats voted against the resolution.[11][12]
Economy
Government shutdown
- See also: United States budget debate, 2013
On September 30, 2013, the House passed a final stopgap spending bill before the shutdown went into effect. The bill included a one-year delay of the Affordable Care Act's individual mandate and would have also stripped the bill of federal subsidies for congressional members and staff. It passed through the House with a vote of 228-201.[13] At 1 a.m. on October 1, 2013, one hour after the shutdown officially began, the House voted to move forward with going to a conference. In short order, Sen. Harry Reid rejected the call to conference.[14] Ander Crenshaw voted to approve the stopgap spending bill that would have delayed the individual mandate.[15]
The shutdown ended on October 16, 2013, when the House took a vote on HR 2775 after it was approved by the Senate. The bill to reopen the government lifted the $16.7 trillion debt limit and funded the government through January 15, 2014. Federal employees also received retroactive pay for the shutdown period. The only concession made by Senate Democrats was to require income verification for Obamacare subsidies.[16] The House passed the legislation shortly after the Senate, by a vote of 285-144, with all 144 votes against the legislation coming from Republican members. Ander Crenshaw voted for HR 2775.[17]
Issues
IRS targets
Incumbent Ander Crenshaw, acting as the chairman of the House Financial Services and General Government Appropriations Subcommittee, met with Internal Revenue Service Commissioner John Koskinen on May 23, 2014, and urged him to continue to investigate the IRS targeting conservative and tea party groups.[18]
“As chairman of the House Appropriations Subcommittee on Financial Services and General Government, I’ve been fighting to hold the Internal Revenue Service accountable for more than a year. Their initial rule has been wrong for the nation from the start. I hope Commissioner Koskinen reviews the findings of the various ongoing investigations before proposing a revised rule. Moving forward, as head of the subcommittee that funds the IRS, I will continue to keep a close eye on the process to ensure that the First Amendment rights of Americans are protected,” Crenshaw said.[18]
Benghazi
On May 8, 2014, Ander Crenshaw said he backed efforts to create a House committee to investigate the Benghazi attacks.[19]
“No matter how you look at it – justice has not been served for the four Americans killed in Benghazi on the night of Sept. 11, 2012. The White House can claim all it wants that the questions of this tragic night have been answered. But, that is not so, and this tragic case has long deserved the investigation of a Select Committee...This is a point made more relevant after a White House email revealed that discussions were being held over how former U.N. Ambassador Susan Rice should characterize Benghazi in news interviews. Speaker Boehner is absolutely doing the right thing by convening a Select Committee. What really happened the night of Sept. 11, 2012? The families of U.S. Ambassador Christopher Stevens, a Foreign Service information officer, and two security personnel killed at the U.S. Diplomatic Mission in Benghazi, Libya, deserve to know. So do Congress and the rest of America,” Crenshaw said.[19]
Campaign contributions
Ander Crenshaw
| Ander Crenshaw (2014) Campaign Finance Reports | |||||||||
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| Report | Date Filed | Beginning Balance | Total Contributions for Reporting Period | Expenditures | Cash on Hand | ||||
| April Quarterly[20] | April 14, 2013 | $369,182.94 | $87,403.44 | $(68,943.12) | $387,643.26 | ||||
| July Quarterly[21] | July 15, 2013 | $387,643.26 | $143,541.84 | $(61,290.97) | $469,894.13 | ||||
| October Quarterly[22] | October 13, 2013 | $469,894.13 | $41,967.77 | $(52,411) | $459,450 | ||||
| Year-end[23] | January 30, 2014 | $459,450 | $65,300 | $(82,115) | $442,635 | ||||
| April Quarterly[24] | April 15, 2014 | $442,635 | $124,224 | $(83,696) | $483,163 | ||||
| July Quarterly[25] | July 15, 2014 | $483,163 | $266,524 | $(148,819) | $601,489 | ||||
| Pre-Primary[26] | August 14, 2014 | $601,489 | $264,847 | $(652,911) | $222,781 | ||||
| October Quarterly[27] | October 15, 2014 | $222,781 | $166,354 | $(307,569) | $81,713 | ||||
| Running totals | |||||||||
| $1,160,162.05 | $(1,457,755.09) | ||||||||
District history
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2012
On November 6, 2012, Ander Crenshaw (R) won re-election to the United States House. He defeated Gary Koniz and James Klauder in the general election.
| Party | Candidate | Vote % | Votes | |
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| Republican | Ander Crenshaw Incumbent |
76.1% | 239,988 | |
| Independent | Gary Koniz | 0.1% | 246 | |
| Independent | James Klauder | 23.8% | 75,236 | |
| Total Votes | 315,470 | |||
| Source: Florida Secretary of State "Official Election Results, 2012 General Election" | ||||
2010
On November 2, 2010, Ander Crenshaw won re-election to the United States House. He defeated Troy D. Stanley (Independent), Deborah "Deb" Katz Puschel (Independent) and Gary L. Koniz (Independent) in the general election.[28]
| U.S. House, Florida District 4 General Election, 2010 | ||||
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| Party | Candidate | Vote % | Votes | |
| Republican | Ander Crenshaw incumbent |
77.2% | 178,238 | |
| Independent | Troy D. Stanley | 22.8% | 52,540 | |
| Independent | Deborah "Deb" Katz Puschel | 0% | 40 | |
| Independent | Gary L. Koniz | 0% | 27 | |
| Total Votes | 230,845 | |||
See also
- United States House of Representatives elections in Florida, 2014
- United States House of Representatives elections, 2014
External links
Footnotes
- ↑ Cook Political Report, "2014 HOUSE RACE RATINGS FOR June 26, 2014," accessed August 5, 2014
- ↑ Sabato's Crystal Ball, "2014 House Races," accessed August 5, 2014
- ↑ Fairvote, "FairVote Releases Projections for the 2014 Congressional Elections," accessed August 5, 2014
- ↑ National Conference of State Legislatures, "State Primary Election Types," accessed July 23, 2024
- ↑ Florida Division of Elections, "Closed Primary Election," accessed July 23, 2024
- ↑ Florida Division of Elections Website, "Register to Vote," accessed January 3, 2014
- ↑ United States Census Bureau, "Counties by Congressional Districts," accessed June 8, 2016
- ↑ 8.0 8.1 8.2 8.3 8.4 Florida Election Division, "Candidate Listing for 2014 General Election," accessed May 2, 2014
- ↑ James Ryman Shoaf for Congress Facebook Page, "Home," accessed March 1, 2014
- ↑ U.S. House, "House Resolution 676," accessed July 30, 2014
- ↑ Associated Press, "Suing Obama: GOP-led House gives the go-ahead," July 31, 2014
- ↑ Washington Post, "House clears way for lawsuit against Obama," accessed July 30, 2014
- ↑ Clerk of the U.S. House, "Final vote results for Roll Call 504," accessed October 31, 2013
- ↑ Buzzfeed, "Government Shutdown: How We Got Here," accessed October 1, 2013
- ↑ Clerk of the U.S. House, "Final vote results for Roll Call 504," accessed October 31, 2013
- ↑ The Washington Post, "Reid, McConnell propose bipartisan Senate bill to end shutdown, extend borrowing," accessed October 16, 2013
- ↑ U.S. House, "Final vote results for Roll Call 550," accessed October 31, 2013
- ↑ 18.0 18.1 Sunshine State News, "Ander Crenshaw Urges IRS Chief to Continue Investigating," accessed May 27, 2014
- ↑ 19.0 19.1 Sunshine State News, "Ander Crenshaw Backs Committee to Investigate Benghazi Attacks," accessed May 27, 2014
- ↑ Federal Election Commission, "April Quarterly" accessed July 19, 2013
- ↑ Federal Election Commission, "July Quarterly" accessed July 19, 2013
- ↑ Federal Election Commission, "Ander Crenshaw October Quarterly," accessed October 23, 2013
- ↑ Federal Election Commission, "Year End Report," accessed February 10, 2014
- ↑ Federal Election Commission, "April Quarterly," accessed April 21, 2014
- ↑ Federal Election Commission, "Ander Crenshaw July Quarterly," accessed September 30, 2014
- ↑ Federal Election Commission, "Ander Crenshaw Pre-Primary," accessed September 30, 2014
- ↑ Federal Election Commission, "Ander Crenshaw October Quarterly," accessed October 20, 2014
- ↑ U.S. Congress House Clerk, "Statistics of the Congressional Election of November 2, 2010," accessed March 28, 2013
